diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6f16af2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: prepare-release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release-tag:
+        description: "New release tag to create"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - philippsauter/sc-101978/csi-automate-manifest-release
+
+jobs:
+  prepare-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: make go.mk
+      - run: |
+          git config --global user.email "tooling@exoscale.ch"
+          git config --global user.name "Exoscale Tooling"
+        # - run: "make prepare-release NEW_VERSION=${{ inputs.release-tag }}"
+      - run: make prepare-release NEW_VERSION=vX.Y.Z
+      - run: |
+          git push origin philippsauter/sc-101978/csi-automate-manifest-release
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25be943d..ef284190 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,69 +1,5 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 0.31.0
 
-### Improvements
-
-* Kubernetes SDK v0.31 #40
-* GO 1.23.0 #40
-
-## 0.29.6
-
-### Improvements
-
-* Driver: Meta Data fallback on CD-ROM for Private Instance #32
-* goreleaser: set correct ldflags #29 
-* CSI: remove the beta notice #31 
-* go.mk: lint with staticcheck #30 
-* egoscale: update to v3.1.0 and fix #35 
-
-## 0.29.5
-
-### Improvements
-
-* Driver: Get rid of CCM dependency #28
-
-### Bug fixes
-
-* Controller: Remove panic in CreateSnapshot #27
-
-## 0.29.4
-
-### Improvements
-
-* Driver: Implement Expand Volume #1
-
-## 0.29.3
-
-### Improvements
-
-* Driver: Use egoscale ENV credential provider #24
-* go.mk: remove submodule and initialize through make #15
-* integ-tests: use IAMv3 API key #13 
-* document and minimize IAM rule policy for CSI #19 
-* integ-tests: use egoscale v3 #20 
-* integ-test: verify that retain policy is respected #22 
-* controller: accept size fields in GiB #26 
-
-## 0.29.2
-
-### Bug fixes
-
-* controller: fix frequent sidecar restarts #12 
-
-## 0.29.1
-
-### Improvements
-
-* Re-enable multizone fully supported (#9)
-* split deployment manifests (#11) 
-* Project Status: beta phase (#10)
-* Renaming on ENV and secret name (#7)
-* Remove multizone and fix URL environment (#4)
-* Vendor: Update egoscale v3 (#2)
-
-## 0.29.0
-
-### Features
-
-* Initial CSI driver version
+## vX.Y.Z
+- bae4ca7 Prepare release
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 90ed25d5..4c207daa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ EXTRA_ARGS := -parallel 3 -count=1 -failfast
 # Dependencies
 
 # Requires: https://github.com/exoscale/go.mk
-GO_MK_REF := v2.0.3
+GO_MK_REF := philippsauter/sc-100477/ci-automate-changelog-md-on-release-process
 
 # make go.mk a dependency for all targets
 .EXTRA_PREREQS = go.mk